Chapter 9 - The power vacuum and power struggle 1924-29 Flashcards
When was Stalin appointed General Secretary of the Party?
April 1922
When was the ‘Triumvirate’ formed and who comprised it?
May 1922
Stalin, Kamenev, Zinoviev
When did Lenin suffer his strokes?
May and December 1922
March 1923 (close to death)
When was the USSR formed?
December 1922
When did Lenin die?
January 1924
When was Lenin’s Testament suppressed at the Party Congress?
May 1924
What changes did Lenin’s Testament suggest for the Party’s Central Committee?
Increase membership from 50 to 100
Who was Lenin especially critical of in his testament and why?
Stalin
Partly because he was rude to his wife, partly because he’d gone directly against Lenin’s orders to use brute force to suppress Georgian independence
Why was the Triumvirate formed?
To keep Trotsky out of power
Why did Trotsky initially seem the most likely person to succeed Lenin?
He had played key roles in the Bolshevik seizure of power and the Reds’ victory in the civil war
Who dominated the Central Committee 1922-23?
the ‘Triumvirate’
Why did the Triumvirate split?
Stalin was becoming more dominant by 1924-25 so Zinoviev and Kamenev joined Trotsky in the Left Opposition
Who was Bukharin and was he disliked by Stalin?
On the right of the Party, Often supported by Rykov and Tomsky
Joined Stalin against the Left Opposition
Stalin resented Bukarin’s popularity
